Issue: 2021/07 Date: April 7-14, 2021 Sources scanned: 78 Content: 202 publications from 50 sources Download raw data (.csv) Recommended readings: The Grieving and the Grievable (Yangyang Cheng): professionals who report on or study Chinese policy are referred to as “China watchers” or “China hands.” Chinese ethnicity in this profession is viewed as suspect. Any attempt to introduce nuance is dismissed as apologizing for Beijing. Combine the two, and one gets labeled a Communist spy. Being “tough on China” is brandished as a measure of personal virtue.
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Digest: April 7-14, 2021
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Issue: 2021/07 Date: April 7-14, 2021 Sources scanned: 78 Content: 202 publications from 50 sources Download raw data (.csv) Recommended readings: The Grieving and the Grievable (Yangyang Cheng): professionals who report on or study Chinese policy are referred to as “China watchers” or “China hands.” Chinese ethnicity in this profession is viewed as suspect. Any attempt to introduce nuance is dismissed as apologizing for Beijing. Combine the two, and one gets labeled a Communist spy. Being “tough on China” is brandished as a measure of personal virtue.